April 13, 2011
Arizona State University not only is the first institution in higher education to create a School of Sustainability that educates students, but also extends sustainability education to all of its employees through its Sustainability Literacy Education interactive online program. The electronic platform informs ASU employees with examples of sustainable practices that currently are happening at ASU, the university’s sustainability goals, what they can do in large and small ways to support ASU’s promise to become more sustainable, and arms them with the necessary facts to fulfill the sustainability requirement of their yearly work-performance evaluations.
"The literacy program is based in the basic concepts of sustainability and individual responsibility to contribute to implementation," says Ray Jensen, Associate Vice President of University Business Services and University Sustainability Operations officer. "Our successes as a university in sustainable practices are directly related to how each individual employee plays a role in sustainability within their day-to-day activities."